As the siege unfolded, Fox News labeled the events as a 'peaceful' protest and even seemed to cheer on the MAGA mob
And yet, it’s easy to forget how Fox’s coverage played out as the siege itself unfolded.
Despite the chaotic scene unfolding before their eyes in real time, the network’s much-touted “hard news” teamof the events at the Capitol by suggesting there was nothing of concern, early on labeling it a “peaceful” protest. Moments later—and perhaps unaware that just minutes earlier rioters broke through windows of the Capitol and entered the building, forcing the Senate to gavel into recess and Vice President Pence to be removed from the floor—chief political anchor Bret Baier reported: “It’s not like it’s a siege. It seems like they are protesting.”
Even then, as the pandemonium became more apparent, the on-air news team shifted from emphasizing the rioters’ supposed “peaceful” behavior to valorizing and justifying the MAGA mob. The star anchor ultimately condemned the coup attempt after it became fully apparent, but other news personalities continued to uncritically serve up MAGA-friendly reports on the chaos.
“We knew this would happen when you had a huge group of people descending on Capitol Hill, when you have members of the Trump support organizations and antifa threatening to show up at the same time,” Ingraham claimed at one point that day. “We’ll learn more to the extent that that happened. I’m getting a sense that there’s clearly a big split in the MAGA groups that have come to peacefully protest with whoever is behind this intrusion in the Capitol, which by any account is unacceptable.
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